Guy Ritchie's new work "The Gentlemen" can be said to be the most surprising work in 2020 when there are few films. Guy Ritchie, who is a MV, is good at fast editing, fast-paced multi-line narrative and gag. The lines successfully detonated this work, and therefore the film was successfully launched on streaming media after the movie went live in the theaters at the time of the epidemic. It can even be said that because of the particularity of this period of time, the online streaming media is an icing on the cake for the film, because the film style that has been influenced by the MTV era reflected in "The Gentlemen" is very suitable for the needs of streaming media, not Netflix. Works such as "The Irishman" produced for awards and participation in the establishment of a discourse system. It is not that the quality of "The Irishman" is inferior to that of "The Gentlemen", but that the latter is still of the present, and that the former is as good as its subject matter and is a tribute to the past.
The story told by "The Gentlemen" is not a simple melodrama, but a gang legend, and even from the story alone, it is a shortened version of "The Irishman". Most of these themes require a linear structure and a longer length. Time can load and highlight its epic temperament. But this is not Guy Ritchie who made "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", and such an epic once caused him to suffer Waterloo ("King Arthur"). Therefore, the film adopts a very ingenious narrative structure to dispel its epic character and the drama atmosphere that it brings. The film allows photographer Fletcher to blackmail drug dealer Mike's subordinate Ray with the photos taken and collected evidence. Fletcher uses the film script written by adding oil and vinegar to the photos and evidence to tell the story of drug dealer Mike to Ray and the audience. The story of Mike, who is the main line of the movie, drug dealers and drug dealers and wants to get rid of is told twice by Fletcher's script. Many prequel stories before the main line of the movie can be inserted into the narrative and flashbacks in the narrative structure, without the need to use the mouth of the characters to speak or shoot many lengthy explanatory paragraphs. And the director chose the media carrier of the script instead of others. The script and the story carried by the movie overlapped half of the story-the story before the coach and others decided to help Mike, so far the film has formed a wonderful intertextuality. , And it is based on the intertextuality of the film, which can be said to be a very fascinating place, with the same characteristics as "The Irishman" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".
The second important medium chosen by the director is newspapers. In the film, the newspaper boss who wants to take Mike's news into the newspaper is warned by the coach and others by drugging and mating with pigs. The setting of such a black humorous bridge and the image of the newspaper boss undoubtedly show Guy Ritchie's negative attitude towards the traditional media of newspapers.
The third medium in the film is the video site YouTube. The director even inserted a complete MV in the film. This MV was shot by the coach's team after stealing marijuana and uploaded to YouTube. The reaction of drug dealers facing this phenomenon is that doubts are greater than anger, which is a traditional attitude towards new things. Coincidentally, due to the epidemic, the film was launched on the streaming media platform after the symbolic release in theaters. This has formed another contrast with YouTube, which is vigorously developing streaming media business, and the presentation of streaming media in the film.
